New releases last four weeks: UK Garage

Review: The Plastik People garage wagon keeps on rolling, and they've got that bump n' swing for days. Label head honcho Marc Cotterell is back at it with Danny Phillips, dropping four bombs geared towards exuberant explosions of joy on the floor, leading in with the utterly infectious 'Jersey Music'. 'It's What We Do' keeps the organ stabs tightly clipped and punchy as hell, while 'Give Me Your Love' gets into a Todd Edwards frame of mind chopping the samples around on 'Give Me Your Love'. 'Summer Heatwave' rounds things off beautifully to close the EP with a sweet and sentimental groover that wiggles in all the right places.

Review: Given that the label has been active for the best part of five years, we were rather surprised to find that this is only the 10th release on Banoffee Pies - a fact that can be attributed to the volume of releases on the Bristol-based imprint's various prolific offshoots. "Move Tools" is something of an unassuming gem though: a four-track skip through club-ready UK bass music fusions with a heavy emphasis on UK garage. Opener "Maybe" is a deep, smooth and sultry two-step roller, while "Move" is an altogether sleazier and sweatier bounce through UK funky territory. Over on side B you'll find another pair of retro-futurist two-step workouts, with the breezy "That's All Folks" being our pick of the pair.

Review: The 18th offering from Instinct features four different acts, each with their own take on moving the dancefloor. Pinder P has a funky house/UK garage flavour to it but laced with wonderfully deep bass heavy and shaky enough to dislodge fillings. Papa Nugs' 'Super Beagle' delves even further into the raw aesthetics of early hardcore and especially the reggae-tinted futurism of Shut Up & Dance, Ragga Twins and Hype. DJ Crisps has arguably the least retro sound, relying on very steady and sturdy, more US garage-slanted beat foundations, before the EP is rounded off with the bubbling, skippy 'Only You' from Yosh, re-connected with a subtle reggae flavour to its UKG swagger.